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Well I am now only two days away for the event that has brought me to South Africa. For reference what I am observing is actually quite simple. In the most basic of terms we are observing a small solar system object, like an asteroid, that is out past...

Well tonight was a success and a failure. My partner and I were able to get setup and tracking on the sky at our chosen site, but then the clouds rolled in and ruined everything. Luckily last night was only the practice run. Hopefully tonight is much...

Well here goes the whole crazy story of this trip. It started out with an awfully long flight to Frankfurt, however since we had a twelve hour layover, I decided to check out the town and do some exploring. After a few hours, I headed back to the hotel...

After a few years absence, Software Bisque returned to the American Astronomical Society's (AAS) bi-annual conference for their 231st meeting. The AAS meets twice a year at various cities around the country, and this winter's meeting was held...

The Chiefland Astronomy Village in Florida is home to a good number of amateur astronomers and imagers. Usually once or twice a year someone will throw something "organized" akin to a star party (more than one large field/owners are in this...

For macOS imagers using version 10.13 (High Sierra), Apple has once again changed their OS policies regarding AppNap. A little over zealous I think in their attempt to prolong battery life for the legions of their users who they seem to think these days...

Well as i'm sure everyone already knows, there was a total solar eclipse that passed though the US on August 21st. I was invited to join Jay Pasachoff and the rest of his team from Williams College. We setup at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon...

Well today I arrived in South Africa. Most of today was spent working on logistics, picking up cars, checking into hotels, and picking up telescopes. The best part was getting to practice setting up the telescopes. We had about 10 big portable scopes...

Well here goes my first blog post. I recently joined Software Bisque as a Systems Engineer and the Staff Astrophysicist. I also work at Sommers-Baush Observatory at The University of Colorado Boulder as the "Systems Overlord", which is a fun...

This morning went quite well! Despite the forecast predicting clouds, the sky at my site was totally clear. However, it was quite windy, so we held up a tarp to protect the telescope and keep it stable. My team got the data, and it sounds like other teams...

Well, I arrived back in the US yesterday after 24 hours in the air. And today I am back at work at Software Bisque. The trip went quite well, however I can not say overall if the project was a success or not, as at this time the data has not been analyzed...

With today's daily build, @Focus3 comes to TheSkyX Professional for everyone. There's a lot of new technology here, and Software Bisque has invested quite a bit of time and money into perfecting a revolution in focusing for astronomical imaging...

Well, another expedition, to another place, chasing yet another elusive occultation, is always interesting and fun! I was recently invited to participate in a NSF-funded expedition to observe an occultation of Triton, one of Neptune's thirteen moons...

The road warrior returns... whew, 10 days on the road and I think I'm done for a while! Next up is NEAIC/NEAF and that's still a ways off so hopefully I can get some issues with @focus3, etc. wrapped up now that I've stopped moving for a while...